Green and red lights on the starboard and port sides of the boat required for navigation at night. Each light is supposed to be visible through an arc of 112.5

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The red and green running lights, carried on the port and starboard sides respectively, of vessels under-way.

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A lift truck fitted with lifting attachments operating to one side for handling containers.

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A container fitted with a rear door and a minimum of one side door.

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The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

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The tendency of a boat to move sideways in the water instead of along its heading due to the motion of currents or currents.

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A construction element applied to the outermost surface of an exterior wall.

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A nautical astronomical observation of the sun, moon, or a star, by which means a vessel's position can be determined. The sight was taken with a sextant at a specific time, determined by a chronometer.

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A draft payable upon presentation to the drawee.

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Observing with the eye. Applied to a document, means examining and signing as evidence of satisfaction as to its authenticity.

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Drydocking, beaching, or careening a vessel and carefully examining the bottom with a view to ascertaining any damage it may have.

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The sum of sensible heat and latent heat in a substance above a base temperature, typically 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

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A hard, brittle, nonmagnetic intermediate phase with a tetragonal crystal structure, containing 30 atoms per unit cell, space group P42mnm, occurring in many binary and ternary alloys of the transition elements. The composition of this phase in the variou ...

Embrittlement of iron-chromium alloys (most notably austenitic stainless steels) caused by precipitation at grain boundaries of the hard, brittle intermetallic sigma phase during long periods of exposure to temperatures between approximately 560 and 980

Meteorological information issued by a watch office concerning the occurrence or forecast of weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations.

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The processing of the form or mode of a signal so as to make it intelligible to, or compatible with, a given device.

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Words incorporated when signing under duress and not concurring entirely with import of document signed, and after stating grounds of non-concurrence.

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In a radiosonde observation, a level (other than a standard level) for which values of pressure, temperature, and humidity are reported because temperature and/or humidity data at that level is sufficiently important or unusual to warrant the attention of ...

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A desiccant most commonly used in heat regenerative type dryers.

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A chemical element, of atomic number 14, that is semi-metallic, and an excellent semiconductor material used in solar photovoltaic devices; commonly found in sand.

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